Expenditures for State guard by their quartermaster:

Amount of pay accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $75,589 97

Amount of subsistence purchases. . . . . . . . . . 9,746 30

Amount of quartermaster's stores . . . . . . . . . . 49,893 32

Amount of expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,136 80

Amount of contingent expenses. .. . . . . . . . . . 3,745 75

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Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152,112 14

Appraised value of property transferred to

commissary of subsistence by Captain A. V. Dubroca. 64,750 00

Appraised value of property transferred to

commissary of subsistence by Captain W. J. Fisk.. . 40,375 50

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Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105,125 50

The accompanying reports of Captain T. W. Mieure give inventories of stock and valuation of the same, which I approve of, except the valuation of sugar, which, I think, is too high, $4. 50 being in my opinion the highest market value.

Trusting that this report and the accompanying documents may be found satisfactory, I have the honor to be, your obedient servant,

J. C. WISE,

Colonel and Quartermaster-General, Louisiana State Forces.

Recapitulation by statements-quartermaster's and commissary departments, State of Louisiana.

Statement Numbers 1. Quartermaster's stores on hand. . . . $167,060 80

Statement Numbers 2. Subsistence stores on hand. . . . . . . . 2,308,880 40

Statement Numbers 3 Value of means of transportation. . . 65,042 00

Statement Numbers 4. Amount of stock in workshops. . . . . . 4,557 51

Statement Numbers 5. Amount of property in hands of

agents and unsold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663,275 00

Statement Numbers 6. Amount of property transferred

and not accounted for by holders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,122 75

Statement Numbers 7. Amount due by Confederate

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171,622 69

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Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,418,561 15

Outstanding debs:

Louis Texado, for mules, wagons, &c. . . . . . $12,750 00

Munford Wells, for purchase of sugar. . . . . 184,145 00

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196,895 00

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Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,221,666 15

GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, Numbers 2.
Shreveport, La., January 3, 1865.

I. Whenever ordnance stores are lost or damaged in any brigade it will be the duty of each brigade, division, or district commander, at the request of his ordnance officer, or of any officer accountable or ordnance stores, to appoint as often as necessary a board of survey, to consist of three officers, to assess the value of or damage to such stores. The decision of this board, with the approval of the brigade, division, or district commander, will be final, and it will be the duty of the brigade, division, or district ordnance officer to notify the company commander to stop the amount on the muster-rolls when privates are found chargeable, and when officers are found chargeable, instead of reporting to the Secretary of War, as required by paragraph 921, Army Regulations, he will notify the brigade quartermaster or the chief quartermaster of the district to have the amount stopped at the next payment. Duplicates of such notifications will be sent to the chief of the